Common Carp Fish

Common carp fish is a fish of temperate area of Asia. This fish can be found in a large number in south China. Common carp fish is also available in Europe. But nowadays it is cultivated worldwide. They are freshwater fish species. They lives generally in large rivers and lakes. Common carp fish is very suitable for farming with other species of carp fish in pond. There are many breeds of common carp. Among them mirror carp and carpio are most popular breeds. Physical characteristics, classification, food habit and breeding of common carp fish are described below.

Classification of Common Carp Fish
Scientific name and classification of common carp fish are listed beneath.

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Chordata

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Cypriniformes

Family : Cyprinidae

Genus : Cyprinus

Species : C. carpio

Scientific Name : Cyprinus carpio

Physical Characteristics:
Physical characteristics of common carp fishes are described below.

The body of common carp is flat.

Head is comparatively smaller than their body.

The body of carpio fish is covered with slight reddish scales.

There are only a few row of scales in the body of mirror carp fish.

The backside is slightly brown colored.

Belly is golden colored.

The scales of mirror carp is comparatively large sized.

The flesh of common carp is red colored.

A common carp lengths about 100-120 cm.

Adult fish weights highest 40 kg.

They survive for long time.

Feed
Common carp fishes are omnivorous. They live in the lower water level. They make hole in the soil and search feed there like small insects and plants. They love to eat water plants, various types of insects, benthic worms, crawfish, crustaceans, zooplankton etc.

Breeding
Common carp fish lays eggs in the pond. They lays eggs two times a year. Once at summer or rainy season and another time in winter season. An adult female fish lays about 0.3 million eggs each time.

Comments(36)

You should keep common carp fish with other carp fish species. For example with rui, katla, mrigal, silver carp or any other carp fish. Raising only common carp fish in your pond will not be an wise idea. You can stock about 500 common carp fish in your pond. Thank you!

Sir,I have apond of 200f×200f×9f . What should be the no. Of fingerlings of grass ,rohu, katla , naini ,common carp and bigreds.As well artificial feed ,organic manure amount.what would be production annualy. I belong to siwan district bihar.

Common Carp, as per my knowledge, feeds mostly at the bottom of the pond. So, it is always best to rear them with other breeds as well. For example, you can mix them up with Grass Carps (which usually feeds near the surface) and Rohus (which mostly feeds by the middle). So, you can rear them together and even harvest them together. Not only fish-feeds but you can also throw in grasses in the pond along with the artificial feeds and even organic manures. And if you are located at a place where winter in cold, throw in stacks of hay or straws in the pond for them to rest in when winter starts. I also breed and rear fish along with other things in my farm in India and surprisingly, rearing cattle besides the ponds helps alot. Thanks!!

Where are you from? Is there any fish hatchery in your area? Fish minnow is available in fish hatcheries and some local farmers also sell minnow or fingerlings. You can build the pond in natural way (as most of the people do). Please review our fish farming related guides. Thank you!

Dear Sir
I am doing pharmaceutical bussinessin india .I have 0.5 hectare pond. I am practisiging fish farming since last year. Previous year was not good for me as a fish farmer. Last year i have stoked about 4000 fingerling ( grass carp, common carp, silver carp,bighead, rohu naini). growth of grass carp and commoncar were good but other is very bad.
This year i planing to stock fingerling for fish farming. So please guide me for better practises. And also guide me how many no of each fingerling we ought to stock

0.5 hectares of land is sufficient enough for stocking up to 30,000 carp fish. You need to use supplementary fish feeds for proper growth. You can purchase ready-made carp fish feeds from the market. Thank you!

According to me, Grass Carps and Common Carps will flourish in your pond. But Rohus may require artificial feeds or organic manures to grow. And as for Silver carps, they are a weaker breed, compared to the rest. And in India, Rohus and Common Carps can be very profitable. As for Silver, I am apprehensive. And when you put all the fish spawns together, (in India) you can expect about 80-90% of the grass and common carp to survive, whereas the silver and rohus can be expected around 60-80%. Plus, make sure that frogs are much of a nuisance during the rainy season, especially when they are just fishlings. Thanks!!

Hello Sir,
Thank you for wonderful information, My father is doing fish farming in 1/4 acre land with 6000 common corp fish.
They are 2 and half months old and Could you please explain how much food we need per day. And how many days we need to wait to get 1 and half KG each fish.
If you have any maintenance tips please let me know.

Thanks you sir for giving such valueable information.I have one more pond which is in length 84ft breath 60ft and 3ft how much maximum common carp can I keep in stock and what is best supplements food for common carp.

Dear Sir,It would be very grateful of you to please suggest Trout Farming Possibilities and any Govt.aid(subsidies) to begin my successful trout farming.I am from Darjeeling District and in my Area we have Creek where Snow Trout is abundant. There is perennial water supply from the stream.Please also advice where can i get trout babies. THANK YOU!!

Rearing common carp would be a bad idea in Darjeeling. But for more information, there are several fish farmers in West Bengal and quite a handful in Darjeeling. Please consult with them. Also, some of them engages in fish-spawning (breeding), so you can directly approach them for the trouts. There are also fishery department in that area, if you wish to approach.

Hlo sir I am having a 1 hectare of fish pond in Punjab and I want to keep the species like (rohu katla muraakh common carp grass carp american) so please can you tell me how much seed of these species can I put in this pond ….

Not sure! But wheat and rice bran will probably be the cheapest food for your carp fish. But you won’t get desired result if you don’t use commercial fish feeds which is especially prepared for carp fishes. Thank you!

Sir,I have a newly made pond of 4 acres.I want to rear katla,common carp & rohu for commerce.How much of the ratio & number of the fingerlings shall I bring for my pond. I also want to increase planktons for the fish feeding & will not depend on artificial feeding .what are The artificial packs for this can be used&how ,please reply.

The ratio of the fingerlings of Katla, Common carp and Rui can be 40:20:40. Your pond of 4 acres land is suitable for stocking up to 100k carp fish fingerlings. But if you don’t want to apply artificial feeds, then the stocking density will be 1/4 or 1/5 of the recommended density. You can use natural fertilizers such as cow dung, poultry manure etc. for increasing plankton as natural feeds. Thank you!

hello sir, I am planning to have fishes in my plastic pond of 12m length, 6m breadth and 2.5m depth…
are the carps good for plastic pond ??
which fishes and how many would be suitable for my pond
I am from nepal
could ypu suggest the suitable fishes for my pond.